da Vinci® Hysterectomy Brochure
Do I Need A Hysterectomy?
Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. Your doctor may recommend a hysterectomy if you are facing:
- Endometriosis
- Heavy menstrual bleeding
- Fibroid tumors
- Pelvic prolapse
- Cancer
In the U.S., doctors perform approximately 600,000 hysterectomies a year, making it the second most common surgery for women.1 While this figure is lower in many other parts of the world, hysterectomy is still a common surgical procedure.
Hysterectomy Options
More options for the types of hysterectomy procedures Miami you may have, as well as the surgical approach (open, vaginal, laparoscopic and da Vinci®Single-Site®/Single Incision)
Approaches to Hysterectomy
Open Hysterectomy – During an abdominal hysterectomy (open surgery), your uterus is removed through a long open incision. The incision must be large enough for your surgeon to view your organs and insert their hands and instruments inside your body.
Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy Options
Vaginal Hysterectomy – Is the removal of the uterus through the vagina. A vaginal hysterectomy is done through a cut in your vagina. The surgeon operates through this incision and closes it with stitches once the uterus is removed.
Traditional Laparoscopy – With traditional laparoscopy, your surgeon operates through a few small incisions in your abdomen using long instruments and a tiny camera. The camera projects images to a video monitor which helps guide doctors as they operate. Your uterus can also be removed through a single incision in the belly button.
da Vinci® Hysterectomy
da Vinci Hysterectomy is the #1 minimally invasive hysterectomy performed in the U.S.2
There are two types of da Vinci Hysterectomy:
da Vinci® Multi-port Hysterectomy – With the da Vinci Surgical System, your doctor operates through a few small incisions (multi-port surgery) – similar to traditional laparoscopy. The da Vinci System features miniature wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater degree than the human wrist. The da Vinci System also features a magnified 3D high-definition vision system that allows surgeons to see key anatomy with depth and clarity. As a result, da Vinci allows your surgeon to operate with enhanced sight, accuracy, dexterity and control.
da Vinci® Single-Site® Surgery – Your uterus can also be removed through a small incision in your belly button usingda Vinci Single-Site Surgery. This technology allows for virtually scarless results. da Vinci Single-Site is performed for benign (non-cancerous) conditions.
Modern Robotic Technology
State-of-the-art da Vinci uses the most modern surgical and robotic technology for simple and complex procedures. Your doctor controls the da Vinci System, which exchanges their hand movements into smaller, more precise movements of tiny instruments inside your body.
da Vinci® Single-Site® Hysterectomy Brochure
Types of Hysterectomy
There are many types of hysterectomies performed, depending on your diagnosis and overall health. All hysterectomies involve removal of the uterus. What can vary are which reproductive organs and tissues may also be removed. Types of hysterectomy include:
- Partial or subtotal hysterectomy: This procedure, also known as a supracervical because it is above the cervix, involves leaving the ovaries and cervix whole while removing the uterus. This decision can often be left to the patient.
- Total hysterectomy: Is made with an incision most often along the bikini line. This procedure involves removing the uterus and cervix, with the vagina intact. This is the most common type of hysterectomy performed.
- Removal of lymph nodes: For hysterectomies performed for malignant conditions such as uterine, cervical, or ovarian cancer, the surgeon will also remove certain lymph nodes. This procedure is often referred to as a lymph node dissection or lymphadenectomy. Lymph nodes are usually removed from under your arm or the location where the problem is found. Once removed they are dissected and analyzed to help your surgeon determine the extent of your cancer, and can guide further treatment (radiation and chemotherapy).
- Removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries: The surgical procedure to remove one or both of your ovaries and is called oophorectomy. The removal of the fallopian tube and ovary is referred as a Salpingo-oophorectomy. These organs may or may not be removed during your hysterectomy. This will depend on your condition, age, overall health and personal preference.
- Radical hysterectomy: This procedure involves the removal of the uterus and cervix.
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- http://womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/hysterectomy.pdf
- Inpatient data: Agency for Healthcare, Research and Quality (AHRQ). Outpatient data: Solucient® Database – Truven Health Analytics. da Vinci data: Intuitive Surgical internal estimates.
- National Institutes of Health., A Service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. “Hysterectomy”. Available from:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002915.htm.
Serious complications may occur in any surgery, including da Vinci® Surgery, up to and including death. Examples of serious or life-threatening complications, which may require prolonged and/or unexpected hospitalization and/or reoperation, include but are not limited to, one or more of the following: injury to tissues/organs, bleeding, infection and internal scarring that can cause long-lasting dysfunction/pain. Risks of surgery also include the potential for equipment failure and/or human error. Individual surgical results may vary.
Risks specific to minimally invasive surgery, including da Vinci Surgery, include but are not limited to, one or more of the following: temporary pain/nerve injury associated with positioning; temporary pain/discomfort from the use of air or gas in the procedure; a longer operation and time under anesthesia and conversion to another surgical technique. If your doctor needs to convert the surgery to another surgical technique, this could result in a longer operative time, additional time under anesthesia, additional or larger incisions and/or increased complications.
Patients who are not candidates for non-robotic minimally invasive surgery are also not candidates for da VinciSurgery. Patients should talk to their doctor to decide if da Vinci Surgery is right for them. Patients and doctors should review all available information on non-surgical and surgical options in order to make an informed decision. For Important Safety Information, including surgical risks, indications, and considerations and contraindications for use, please also refer to www.davincisurgery.com/safety and www.intuitivesurgical.com/safety. Unless otherwise noted, all people depicted are models.
